After getting some hands-on playtime with this game, I have to say that I cannot help but feel disappointed with the overall product. One of my personal grievances with this game concern Namco's asinine age limitation on their characters. Sure, the male characters can progress upward to over a centennial range (Wang Jinrei of Tekken fame, anyone?), but it is obviously taboo for female characters to be even 35. Because of this anomaly, SC veterans such as Taki, Xianghua, and Setsuka have gotten the proverbial axe, only to be replaced by teeny-boppers Natsu and Leixia who have adopted their predecessor's fighting styles. Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions and whatnot, but it makes me think sometimes that Namco harbors pedophilic sentiments by adorning their jailbait designs with skimpy outfits, yet a 30-40 year old woman would somehow be unappealing to them. I guess the cougar craze doesn't resonate with the Japanese culture, eh?